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let's start with mitt romney. that was an extraordinary comment for someone who wants to be president of the united states. i am not concerned about the poor. whatever came afterwards and it sounded bad. >> it sounded bad and very naive. for so long have i not been saying the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and middle class is disappearing. he is concerned about the middle class. what middle class are we talking about? there about 50 million people in poverty. what does it mean? a family of four making $22,000 a year or less. there is almost 150 million people that are in poverty, near poverty or that close to it. one out of two, one out of three people in the united states of america are edging in poverty isy and he's saying he is not concerned? he should have fought it. he never should have said it, but it's a ridiculous thought. >> doesn't it sum up the problem? it's the sense that people have about him that he has a disconnect. the money he declares and all of this t adds up to a pictur
let's start with mitt romney. that was an extraordinary comment for someone who wants to be president of the united states. i am not concerned about the poor. whatever came afterwards and it sounded bad. >> it sounded bad and very naive. for so long have i not been saying the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and middle class is disappearing. he is concerned about the middle class. what middle class are we talking about? there about 50 million people in poverty. what...
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romney says, he's ahead. >> we said michigan was a must-win for romney. the next week, ohio. this week, you can say, yes, it's illinois. a moderate state. a different feel than what we saw in mississippi and alabama. you saw mitt romney change his strategy. he wasn't supposed to be campaigning there until today. sundays are usually a slow day for mitt romney. spent the whole day there. you can see, illinois is a crucial state for mitt romney to win. louisiana coming up on saturday. that's a more conservative state that santorum will win. keep your eyes on illinois. >> thank you very much. >>> six minutes past 5:00 on the east coast. happening this moment, a major late winter storm causing some major headaches. yes. arizona. i'm not kidding. arizona. look at your screen. in flagstaff, more than a foot of snow is on the ground. we could get another foot later today. the storm is forcing closure of interstate 40 for nearly 200 miles. that's from kingman all the way to east winslow if you're keeping score. >> great skiing there. >> in arizona. and great condos in new york. get yo
romney says, he's ahead. >> we said michigan was a must-win for romney. the next week, ohio. this week, you can say, yes, it's illinois. a moderate state. a different feel than what we saw in mississippi and alabama. you saw mitt romney change his strategy. he wasn't supposed to be campaigning there until today. sundays are usually a slow day for mitt romney. spent the whole day there. you can see, illinois is a crucial state for mitt romney to win. louisiana coming up on saturday. that's...
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romney would put a scalia on the court. that's what's important not what's said over years of their careers. >> i'll hit pause on that. i don't know that i fully agree but a whole lot of what's out there but we'll talk about that later on in the show. thank you very much. >>> and now, should minors who commit murder be sentenced to life without parole? the supreme court will consider this tomorrow because they're considering two cases in which 14-year-old boys were convicted and sentenced to life behind bars. the supreme court has ruled minors convicted of murder cannot receive the death penalty and there are more than 2500 people serving life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles. 38 states allow life without parole for minors who commit murder, but is it constitutional? it's a crucial question. jeffrey toobin is our chief legal analyst and he is outfront tonight. good to see you, sir. >> hello. >> we're switching in and out here like crazy on our set. so what is really at stake here. this is a pretty fasci
romney would put a scalia on the court. that's what's important not what's said over years of their careers. >> i'll hit pause on that. i don't know that i fully agree but a whole lot of what's out there but we'll talk about that later on in the show. thank you very much. >>> and now, should minors who commit murder be sentenced to life without parole? the supreme court will consider this tomorrow because they're considering two cases in which 14-year-old boys were convicted and...
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the fact of the matter is mitt romney does pretty well among suburban boat voters, too. but then again, the math right now is working against rick santorum. brooke snoop. >> we know -- you know, you have the puerto rico primary over the weekend. romney bonn santorum took a little time for some r&r pool side. i believe we have the picture. okay, we're work on the picture. >> he had an hour to kill. >> this goes into the context of politicians caught with their shirts off. it's happened to president barack obama, it's happened, i think, to a bunch of other people, including the former governor of california, arnold schwarzenegger at the wrong time perhaps. even, i think, newt gingrich. >> there it is. >> so rick santorum decided h he would take a little bit of time at the pool, took off his shirt. next thing you know, somebody snaps a picture and it is on a blog. he apologized for it. he said maybe picked up 15, 20 pounds, what can i say? sorry about that, folks. hopefully end of the story for rick santorum. >> senator scott brown, massachusetts, having a little bit of fun
the fact of the matter is mitt romney does pretty well among suburban boat voters, too. but then again, the math right now is working against rick santorum. brooke snoop. >> we know -- you know, you have the puerto rico primary over the weekend. romney bonn santorum took a little time for some r&r pool side. i believe we have the picture. okay, we're work on the picture. >> he had an hour to kill. >> this goes into the context of politicians caught with their shirts off....
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you tweeted about mitt romney a bit. i wanted to reference him in the question, but first just to show you a poll about the president's handling of gas prices. it sort of has been stunning to me how people really have an opinion on the president related to gas prices. 65% of them disapprove of how he's handling gas prices. 26% of them approve. i know the president's point of view has been, well, look, there's not that much a president can do about gas prices, but i wanted to play you something that mitt romney said on tuesday in missouri about that issue. >> what could it be? what could it be? now, i have some suggestions for him. maybe it's related to the fact that you stopped drilling in the gulf. maybe it's related to the fact, mr. president, that you're not drilling in anwar. maybe it's related to the fact you said we couldn't get a pipeline in from canada known as keystone. those things affect gasoline prices long-term. >> what do you say to mitt romney? >> i would say he's got his facts wrong. we're drilling 20% mo
you tweeted about mitt romney a bit. i wanted to reference him in the question, but first just to show you a poll about the president's handling of gas prices. it sort of has been stunning to me how people really have an opinion on the president related to gas prices. 65% of them disapprove of how he's handling gas prices. 26% of them approve. i know the president's point of view has been, well, look, there's not that much a president can do about gas prices, but i wanted to play you something...
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mitt romney won those. my colleague right behind me ashley is listening in live from a rick santorum event in missouri. rick santorum just said she sending his daughter elizabeth over to hawaii. there are 17 delegates at stake on tuesday night in hawaii. so now this just goes to show, every delegate counts, don. >> but there are more delegates that will be picked up inriana guam. right? >> reporter: 18 that mitt romney won clean. won them this morning. he put them in his pocket. they are in the delegate count right now. so he has won those clean. so now we're moving ahead. of course what we saw today in kansas. 15 more delegates to apportion as we see results come in and figure where they're going to end up. of course, we go into tuesday night, in mississippi and alabama, spending so much time looking at right now and then, of course, hawaii, which rick santorum is now going to be fighting very lard from those 17 delegates at stake. >> all about the delegates and goes on until it's done in november. thank y
mitt romney won those. my colleague right behind me ashley is listening in live from a rick santorum event in missouri. rick santorum just said she sending his daughter elizabeth over to hawaii. there are 17 delegates at stake on tuesday night in hawaii. so now this just goes to show, every delegate counts, don. >> but there are more delegates that will be picked up inriana guam. right? >> reporter: 18 that mitt romney won clean. won them this morning. he put them in his pocket....
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deny mitt romney, specifically in isolation deny mitt romney. >> we'll see how that will work for him. judge cryer. >> i think they ought to consider newt gingrich you can be number two on the ticket. he's helping romney by staying in there. i think it is a business situation. bain capital is perfect for this. the structure is all business right now even though we feel the heart and the emotion around the political process. >> brett, you get our final word this morning. ma i can it good. >> i think the interesting thing about last night is that the deny mitt romney strategy might be the help mitt romney strategy. the best news of the night for mitt romney is that newt gingrich is staying in. >> that's an interesting case. i think every single time a primary ends we all sit around and say, fill in the blank might drop out. there seems to be no reason for that. maybe ultimately that's about the super pacs. what do people say?
deny mitt romney, specifically in isolation deny mitt romney. >> we'll see how that will work for him. judge cryer. >> i think they ought to consider newt gingrich you can be number two on the ticket. he's helping romney by staying in there. i think it is a business situation. bain capital is perfect for this. the structure is all business right now even though we feel the heart and the emotion around the political process. >> brett, you get our final word this morning. ma i...
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santorum calls romney another gordon gecco. >> i heard mitt romney call me an economic light weight because i wasn't a wall street financer. >> reporter: the chicago style brawling sounds like it's straight out of the mobster classic the untouchables. >> when santorum -- on to the roof of a car in a crate, the former pennsylvania senator wasn't about to give his rifle a pass. >> as what are as shamus the dog, all i would say is the issue of character are important in this election. >> nobody puts words into my mouth. >> reporter: but the romney campaign has it's own blast from the past featuring santorum endorsing the massachusetts governor in 2008. if you want a conservative as the nominee of this party, you must vote for mitt romney. >> reporter: a look at the latest poll shows why santorum would like gingrich out of the way. >> as the race goes on, it shows that the he certainly can't get any amount of the vote anywhere. >> these pancakes are something else, i tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. >> reporter: but boasts of an island victory is just t
santorum calls romney another gordon gecco. >> i heard mitt romney call me an economic light weight because i wasn't a wall street financer. >> reporter: the chicago style brawling sounds like it's straight out of the mobster classic the untouchables. >> when santorum -- on to the roof of a car in a crate, the former pennsylvania senator wasn't about to give his rifle a pass. >> as what are as shamus the dog, all i would say is the issue of character are important in...
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mitt romney and rick santorum both took trips down there, paying off big time for mitt romney, i must say. it is not a big surprise. and, again this is with 1% of the vote now counted. i want to bring in, because we can always discuss what we're looking at, no matter how small, david frum, cnn contributor, former republican speechwriter as well as maria cardona, thank you both for being here. maria, can we look at these 1% votes and kind of say it looks like it might be a good sunday for mitt romney. >> i actually think that we can, candy, for two reasons mostly. the person who has the -- what you would call the machine in puerto rico is the governor. we know the governor has endorsed romney, was a big supporter of romney's, so we know all of his campaign apparatus is geared toward helping romney. the second reason is because of what we have seen this past week, with santorum basically putting his foot in his mouth and talking about the statehood issue, and insisting that english be one of the official languages. that was not something that the puerto rican people took very well what
mitt romney and rick santorum both took trips down there, paying off big time for mitt romney, i must say. it is not a big surprise. and, again this is with 1% of the vote now counted. i want to bring in, because we can always discuss what we're looking at, no matter how small, david frum, cnn contributor, former republican speechwriter as well as maria cardona, thank you both for being here. maria, can we look at these 1% votes and kind of say it looks like it might be a good sunday for mitt...
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governor romney, i believe, hit it right on. english is the language of prosperi prosperity, it's the language of opportunity. we want everyone to learn english but we don't want to give people the impression that there's something wrong about speaking a second language. the chinese could read our plans, we can't read theirs. we should be having a major national program to get people to speak a second language. >> so in the spokesperson's comments though, responding to this whole kerfuffle that he brought upon himself, he said he would not as a prerequisite, this is romney, require that the people of puerto rico cease using spanish. senator an santorum had never had any point said they should not speaking spanish. >> that's true, he did not say that. but there is an attitude and impact that you have on children if all of a sudden you have to speak english, he doesn't speak english, i have to speak better, then spanish becomes something that people don't want to speak. i've seen it. i believe children who started speaking spanish
governor romney, i believe, hit it right on. english is the language of prosperi prosperity, it's the language of opportunity. we want everyone to learn english but we don't want to give people the impression that there's something wrong about speaking a second language. the chinese could read our plans, we can't read theirs. we should be having a major national program to get people to speak a second language. >> so in the spokesperson's comments though, responding to this whole...
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. >> so is the opposite of what senator santorum says also true if mitt romney, if governor romney is able to win illinois, then he wins the nomination? >> absolutely not. this is certainly a big milestone for us to do well in illinois but we also have states that are favorable to rick coming up next in the primary calendar, pennsylvania his home state being one of them. we have louisiana coming up, and these are states that will show support for rick santorum, and as i said, keep an eye on the unbound delegates. those are going to go toward the conservative candidate and nod towards mitt romney. more people are seeing mitt romney, puerto rico is a case in point, he will say one thing and do something completely different. he is not true to the conservative principles of himself and of the party, and we're seeing that also with the individual mandate. he told people he never advocated for the individual mandate on the national level. he's been saying that time after time and now he's saying op. ed in which he did on the national level. >> you need 65% plus of the delegates. >> the mag
. >> so is the opposite of what senator santorum says also true if mitt romney, if governor romney is able to win illinois, then he wins the nomination? >> absolutely not. this is certainly a big milestone for us to do well in illinois but we also have states that are favorable to rick coming up next in the primary calendar, pennsylvania his home state being one of them. we have louisiana coming up, and these are states that will show support for rick santorum, and as i said, keep...
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a contest where mitt romney has 498 delegates. santorum, 239. gingrich, 139. paul, 69. 1,144 are needed to secure the nomination. >> rick santorum making a last-minute trip to puerto rico on wednesday and asked whether he would support statehood on the island where the primary language is spanish. here's what he had to say. >> speak english, that would be a requirement. it's a requirement in other states. it's a condition for entering the union. >> yesterday cnn's jim acosta caught up with the senator and he stood by his comments. have a listen. >> what i said english has to be learned as a language and it has to be a country, this is why it's spoken and used, yes. >> should it be a requirement for this territory to become a state? >> i think english -- english and spanish -- obviously spanish is going to be spoken here on the island. this needs to be a buy linguy b bilingual country. >> hi, nice to see you. >> nice to see you, ashleigh. thanks so much for the time. >> great to have you on. full disclosure, hogan gidley and i worked together many, many years a
a contest where mitt romney has 498 delegates. santorum, 239. gingrich, 139. paul, 69. 1,144 are needed to secure the nomination. >> rick santorum making a last-minute trip to puerto rico on wednesday and asked whether he would support statehood on the island where the primary language is spanish. here's what he had to say. >> speak english, that would be a requirement. it's a requirement in other states. it's a condition for entering the union. >> yesterday cnn's jim acosta...
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gingrich beats romney by 2,000 votes. romney won hawaii, 20 point win over tore rum. and santorum sounding -- >> the time is now to make sure, to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election, the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama who can take him on on every issue. >> so, let's talk about this surprising win. live from washington democratic strategist jamie harrison, penny nance and jonathan strawn. i hear congratulations, you have a new baby? >> her name is susan, she is beautiful. >> give me details. how much does she weigh, how gorgeous is she? >> she was born march 1st, 7 pounds, 8 ounces, 24 inches, and mom's doing well and we're just overjoyed to have a beautiful baby girl. >> congratulations. >> we'll talk about newt gingrich if that is okay with you. he is vowing he will not step down despite saying earlier these were must-wins for him and he went on to say he thought the media would be all over him about the fact that he should step down. ed rogers says this in "the washington post." ne
gingrich beats romney by 2,000 votes. romney won hawaii, 20 point win over tore rum. and santorum sounding -- >> the time is now to make sure, to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election, the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama who can take him on on every issue. >> so, let's talk about this surprising win. live from washington democratic strategist jamie harrison, penny nance and jonathan strawn. i hear...
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i couldn't see romney. i think this is part of mitt romney's strategy to reach out to voters, conservative voters in the deep south in mississippi and alabama. not his strong suit down there. social conservatives dominating both states. mitt romney not doing so well among those voters. maybe his mormon religion has something to do with it. last week we heard mitt romney talk about his love of cheesy grits and biscuits. i think this is part of mitt romney trying to reach out to voters in both states. tomorrow primary day in those two states. mitt romney also admitting, listen, kind of an away game for me. that's what he said about those two contests. he's trying to lower expectations in alabama and mississippi. >> he's done that in a lot of states, hasn't he? let's talk about rick santorum. he's coming off a good weekend win and hoping to convince newt gingrich to drop out. is it working? >> big win for santorum in kansas. he won 51% of the vote in the caucuses there on saturday. 30 points ahead of mitt romn
i couldn't see romney. i think this is part of mitt romney's strategy to reach out to voters, conservative voters in the deep south in mississippi and alabama. not his strong suit down there. social conservatives dominating both states. mitt romney not doing so well among those voters. maybe his mormon religion has something to do with it. last week we heard mitt romney talk about his love of cheesy grits and biscuits. i think this is part of mitt romney trying to reach out to voters in both...
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welcome. >> thank you, piers. >> let's talk about mitt romney. that was an extraordinary comment for someone who wants to be president of the united states to make, i thought. "i'm not concerned about the poor." whatever came afterwards or whatever context he was trying to put it in, it sounded bad. >> it sounded bad, and i hate to say, it sounded very naive. for so long have i not been saying, the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and the middle class is disappearing. so he says he's concerned about the middle class. what middle class are we talking about? as we sit here, there are about 50 million people in poverty. what does that mean? that means a family of four making $22,000 a year or less. there's almost 150 million people that are in poverty, near poverty, are that close to it. so almost one out of two, one out of three people in the united states of america are edging in poverty. and he's saying he doesn't -- he's not concerned! he should have thought it, piers, but he never should have said it, if he even thought it.
welcome. >> thank you, piers. >> let's talk about mitt romney. that was an extraordinary comment for someone who wants to be president of the united states to make, i thought. "i'm not concerned about the poor." whatever came afterwards or whatever context he was trying to put it in, it sounded bad. >> it sounded bad, and i hate to say, it sounded very naive. for so long have i not been saying, the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer and the middle...
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romney doesn't have a core. romney also bragged about his big win in puerto rico. >> these pancakes are something else, i'll tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. the margin was just about as good. >> cnn's latest delegate count shows romney with 518 to santorum's 239. it takes 1144 to win the nomination. >>> apple holds almost $100 billion in cash reserves. this morning the company announce wad it would do with some of that cold cash. apple announced a $10 billion stock buyback that would begin in october. it also would begin giving shareholders a quarterly dividend for the first time since 1995. >>> and espn's chris mortenson a reporting that peyton manning will sign with the denver broncos. four-time nfl most valuable player had been deciding between tennessee and denver. indianapolis colts released the quarterback just two weeks ago after injury forced had i am to miss the entire 2011 season. well, in 2006 manning led the colts to a super bowl championship. >>> all right.
romney doesn't have a core. romney also bragged about his big win in puerto rico. >> these pancakes are something else, i'll tell you. these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. the margin was just about as good. >> cnn's latest delegate count shows romney with 518 to santorum's 239. it takes 1144 to win the nomination. >>> apple holds almost $100 billion in cash reserves. this morning the company announce wad it would do with some of that cold cash....
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romney is acting deportation, for example. the fox news poll showed hispanic voters only 14% were supporting republican candidates, and among independence women, the residence have just been losing support dramatically. >> doug, you have a thought? i'm going to move on. did you have a thought? >> we certainly have to talk about economic issues. i have sympathy for rick santorum. he does have a tendency to go out, but if a supporter makes a dumb joke on andrea mitchell, i don't think santorum should be forced to talk about it for the next few days. >>> last night newt gingrich said he's forging ahead. let's take a listen. >> tomorrow will bring another chapter in the race for the nomination, but it's more than a chapter in the race for the nomination. it's a chapter for the fight for the soul of the republican party, a chapter in the fight for the very nature of america. it's a chapter of defining who we are as a people. >>> does he have another chapter, a sentence? a world? >> well, i mean, he's pulled a double lazarus so far.
romney is acting deportation, for example. the fox news poll showed hispanic voters only 14% were supporting republican candidates, and among independence women, the residence have just been losing support dramatically. >> doug, you have a thought? i'm going to move on. did you have a thought? >> we certainly have to talk about economic issues. i have sympathy for rick santorum. he does have a tendency to go out, but if a supporter makes a dumb joke on andrea mitchell, i don't think...
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i think that's where mitt romney is. but no excuse for anybody in political life, not saying i disassociate myself with these remarks. this is not the kind of talk we need. if the republicans lose in november, which i have said to you i think they have a chance to win, but if they lose in november, this may be one we look back on landmark times. you can already see that independents who were swinging a little to the republicans very recently have started to swing back. this is not going to help the republican party with independents and particularly women. i have yet to meet a woman who said, listen, i agree with what rush limbaugh said. it's got to hurt them. it will hurt them. >> i want to talk about something. that is the state of black america coming up on wednesday. i talked to him about voter suppression. he said that's what they were going to try to work on. i said you would be hard pressed with someone who doesn't have a photo i.d. he disagreed with me. what do you think? >> it's not difficult to find a person wi
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it's wonderful it shows romney ahead. but i want to read a part of a new endorsement that might sting a little bit for mitt romney. it's from the seattle times. it says a former mass. chas sets governor has the most potential in a thin party to represent his party with democratic president obama. this is certainly no endorsement of romney's candidacy. for purposes of the watching tongue kraungs romney is the practical choice. what kind of an endorsement is that? >> it's not much of one to be honest with you. it's kind of interesting that you say that. finding a fired up romney supporter is like a game of where's waldo. he's the practical choice. he's the choice that you make with your head. you look at these rallies across the country. when they were here in south carolina, santorum, paul, gingrich all have a very passionate base of support. with romney, it's almost like people are resigned to support him. that's got to be frightening for him heading into the super tuesday contests. >> penny, i'm going to talk about your
it's wonderful it shows romney ahead. but i want to read a part of a new endorsement that might sting a little bit for mitt romney. it's from the seattle times. it says a former mass. chas sets governor has the most potential in a thin party to represent his party with democratic president obama. this is certainly no endorsement of romney's candidacy. for purposes of the watching tongue kraungs romney is the practical choice. what kind of an endorsement is that? >> it's not much of one to...
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it splits the anti-romney vote. because if you look at last night, particularly in alabama and mississippi, it was roughly a third a third and third. but that means that two-thirds of the republican electorate did not vote for romney. >> does this mean we're looking at a convention where there is all of this horseplay late in the process. >> republicans have very organized that at some point they are going to come together and it would be disaster rouse for them to go into the convention in tampa with that much chaos. but it could happen. it's mathematically possible. if no single candidate secures 1144 going into tampa, the first ballot does not get to 1144, many of the delegates are released and they can vote for whoever they want. >> what's the next race we should be watching? >> certainly illinois is going to be the next michigan. it's got conservatives where i used to live in naperville and you see the candidates heading there already to do the campaigning. illinois is where it's going to come down to. we're no
it splits the anti-romney vote. because if you look at last night, particularly in alabama and mississippi, it was roughly a third a third and third. but that means that two-thirds of the republican electorate did not vote for romney. >> does this mean we're looking at a convention where there is all of this horseplay late in the process. >> republicans have very organized that at some point they are going to come together and it would be disaster rouse for them to go into the...
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that's mitt romney. i think those are some of the reasons he's doing well and is going to be the nominee. >> can i add a number four, he's got goo-gobs of money. that would bring me to the question then, why is he not further ahead? why is ohio just a squeaker? >> well, a few weeks ago he was double digits down in ohio. so the fact that he closed that gap in a few weeks and won, i think is a testament to the fact that he's got resilience and strength and momentum. i don't look at ohio and say what a disappointment. i look at ohio and say, my goodness, what a positive result. he was 14 points down three weeks ago according to one poll and to win it last night was remarkable. it's a four-way race. you've bot to go out and earn every vote. he's doing that. i think you look at those numbers in a reasonable person would conclude he's the best candidate and most likely to be the nominee. >> governor, good morning. ron brownstein. underscore soledad's point. consistently last night as we have seen throughout, g
that's mitt romney. i think those are some of the reasons he's doing well and is going to be the nominee. >> can i add a number four, he's got goo-gobs of money. that would bring me to the question then, why is he not further ahead? why is ohio just a squeaker? >> well, a few weeks ago he was double digits down in ohio. so the fact that he closed that gap in a few weeks and won, i think is a testament to the fact that he's got resilience and strength and momentum. i don't look at...
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mitt romney gaining momentum in the race for the republican nomination. the former massachusetts governor letting up on rival rick santorum to bash president obama during a campaign stop in idaho. here's why. romney opening up a commanding 11-point lead over san tor 11-point lead over san toum among republican voters in the latest gallop poll. 18-point swing in romney's favor in just the past week. santorum determined to stick around. >> this is an episode of survival. we need to stay on the island, not get voted off, stay on message and have hopefully the grass roots of conservative movements support us. i think you're see that now. >>> washington state holds caucuses tomorrow with ten states up for grabs on super tuesday. the candidates are battling for more than 400 delegates in the next 4 days. >>> meanwhile, newt gingrich campaigning in his home state of georgia yesterday. he says one thing has to happen on super tuesday in order for him to stay in the race. >> i have to win georgia, i think, to be credible in the race. if i win georgia, the followin
mitt romney gaining momentum in the race for the republican nomination. the former massachusetts governor letting up on rival rick santorum to bash president obama during a campaign stop in idaho. here's why. romney opening up a commanding 11-point lead over san tor 11-point lead over san toum among republican voters in the latest gallop poll. 18-point swing in romney's favor in just the past week. santorum determined to stick around. >> this is an episode of survival. we need to stay on...
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mitt romney. almost three out of four of those who said it was important went for mitt romney. that's part of the story he won. the exit polls indicate he still has a problem and santorum won the vote with the conservative voters, the strong tea party supporters own those people who say they are evangelical christians and santorum did win the true conservative areas in southern illinois. of course, louisiana is next. as you mention. that's a more conservative state. zoraida? >> how did romney do with women. >> he won women again as he has in almost every state we've seen in the exit polls. >> let's talk about newt gingrich. yesterday he said phase one is taking romney out. i was thinking perhaps he drops out in order to help santorum take romney out. >> his statement did not indicate that. it was critical, the statement he put out after the statements came in. he said he's looking ahead to tampa, the convention in louisiana in late august. i don't know, i can't get in newt gingrich's mind. zoraida? >> we want you to stay fired up for us, the more ammunition, the better. thank y
mitt romney. almost three out of four of those who said it was important went for mitt romney. that's part of the story he won. the exit polls indicate he still has a problem and santorum won the vote with the conservative voters, the strong tea party supporters own those people who say they are evangelical christians and santorum did win the true conservative areas in southern illinois. of course, louisiana is next. as you mention. that's a more conservative state. zoraida? >> how did...
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neither romney or gingrich stumped in the state. they are spending their time in alabama and mississippi which hold primaries on tuesday. romney is trying to go with southern voters. >> cheesy biscuits, i have to tell you, delicious. >> reporter: he's lowering expectations. >> i think we are going to pick up support in the states that remain this month. >> reporter: santorum is hoping wins in both states could knock gingrich out of the race. >> if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on tuesday, this race will become a two-person race. >> reporter: gingrich doesn't sound like a man about to give up. >> i believe i will become the nominee with your help. >> reporter: doing well in alabama and mississippi is crucial for gingrich. randi? >> thank you. he could add a few more delegates. he won the support of all nine delegates in graum. the current count is 438 compared to 170 for santorum, 118 firefighter gingrich and 67 for ron paul. >>> what would you do if your flight attendant told you your plane was going to crash.
neither romney or gingrich stumped in the state. they are spending their time in alabama and mississippi which hold primaries on tuesday. romney is trying to go with southern voters. >> cheesy biscuits, i have to tell you, delicious. >> reporter: he's lowering expectations. >> i think we are going to pick up support in the states that remain this month. >> reporter: santorum is hoping wins in both states could knock gingrich out of the race. >> if you go out and...
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the polls at this point, romney is outside the margin of error and leading. i think it will be another close contest because that's what we've seen. romney would really like to put it away here but i think we're in for a longer haul in this. >> candy crowley, thank you so much. 4:00 eastern time, everybody join us for that entire hour dedicated to the presidential contenders in the 2012 election. hopefully we'll have the results for you. 4:00 eastern time today. >>> all right. a top goldman sachs exec quits his job in a very big way, writes a nasty resignation letter that goes viral. how to quit with grace. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. the healthcare law gives us powerful tools to fight it... to investigate it... ...prosecute it... and stop criminals. our senior medicare patrol volunteers... are teaching seniors across the country... ...to stop, spot, and report fraud. you can help. guard your medicare card. don't give out your card number over the phone. call to report any suspected fraud. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. let's make medicare
the polls at this point, romney is outside the margin of error and leading. i think it will be another close contest because that's what we've seen. romney would really like to put it away here but i think we're in for a longer haul in this. >> candy crowley, thank you so much. 4:00 eastern time, everybody join us for that entire hour dedicated to the presidential contenders in the 2012 election. hopefully we'll have the results for you. 4:00 eastern time today. >>> all right. a...
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head-to-head match-ups between romney and obama? uh-uh, romney has him by two points. santorum is trailing by three. you know something, john, those numbers don't always lie, they don't always tell the truth either. but what do you make of that? >> well, at this point, even if the election were held today according to the polls it would be a close race. it could go either way. i think the real key is what congressman gephardt said, how does the economy keep moving in the next few months? do we have another dip or relatively strong job growth. if the things are heading in the right direction and looking good, president obama will win re-election. >> and gas prices probably will fatter in heavily, right? >> yeah. big time. the thing about gas prices is that's something that impacts people on a daily basis. if there's -- you know, if war breaks out in iran, if there's continued instability in the middle east or accelerates and we start seeing $5 or higher a gallon gas, people notice that. that makes an impact and that could hurt president obama's chances. >> i'm doing to
head-to-head match-ups between romney and obama? uh-uh, romney has him by two points. santorum is trailing by three. you know something, john, those numbers don't always lie, they don't always tell the truth either. but what do you make of that? >> well, at this point, even if the election were held today according to the polls it would be a close race. it could go either way. i think the real key is what congressman gephardt said, how does the economy keep moving in the next few months?...
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then romney, then santorum, then romney, then santorum. in the end, governor romney winning. how did he do it? you can see, if you look at the map of the state of ohio, a lot of counties for rick santorum. motor vehicle of these counties smaller, rural counties. yes, senator santorum winning by a decent margin, but look at the vote count. romney won down here, southeast of the state, hamilton county, always important. look at this margin, 20 points, and about 16,000 votes in this hamilton county here. key to governor romney's victory. go to the northeast corner of the state, cuyahoga county, where cleveland is, nearly a 20-point victory for governor romney over senator santorum. add other key urban and suburban areas. romney wins in akron and the suburbs. youngstown and the suburbs, romney wins by a smaller margin but still a victory. franklin county, 10% of the population, not as big a margin as in the corners, but romney wins again. his wins in urban and suburban areas offset huge santorum gains in the rural area. so a state where santorum was ahead a few weeks ago, romney
then romney, then santorum, then romney, then santorum. in the end, governor romney winning. how did he do it? you can see, if you look at the map of the state of ohio, a lot of counties for rick santorum. motor vehicle of these counties smaller, rural counties. yes, senator santorum winning by a decent margin, but look at the vote count. romney won down here, southeast of the state, hamilton county, always important. look at this margin, 20 points, and about 16,000 votes in this hamilton...
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he's going to hurt romney. romney is going to win this race winning fewer states than any republican nominee since gerald ford in 1976. he's going to win fewer than mccain won who won 31. >> the big question becomes and what does that mean for november? if he is the nominee, ultimate question becomes how does this primary battle really affect his chances going into a general election? what does polling show on that? >> truth of the matter is i don't think that the religious base of the republican party that is keeping santorum in this race denying support for romney, i don't think they have any place to go in the fall and i think the electorate will polarize and it will be a close race and those folks will come out for romney. >> curious thing has happened of course with the conversation that we were having yesterday where basically the comeback to the etch a sketch flak was that governor romney will not change his position. they were talking about reframing a campaign they said in their clarification but now t
he's going to hurt romney. romney is going to win this race winning fewer states than any republican nominee since gerald ford in 1976. he's going to win fewer than mccain won who won 31. >> the big question becomes and what does that mean for november? if he is the nominee, ultimate question becomes how does this primary battle really affect his chances going into a general election? what does polling show on that? >> truth of the matter is i don't think that the religious base of...
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governor romney was more direct. let detroit go bankrupt. it's kind of amazinging. gingrich and romney and santorum, they don't let the facts get in their way. >> that was the first time he mentioned them by name and as you can see, he did so with joy. vice president came out swinging in a trip to the all important swing state of ohio speaking to his party's face. the industry's bailout is clearly a point of pride for the administration. it is a talking point you will hear a lot on the campaign trail for the rest of the year. just take a look at this clip from a 17-minute video the re-election campaign is debuting tonight. >> his advisers would ask where to begin, which urgent need would he put first. >> which is one, which is two, which is three, which is four, which is five? where do you start? >> if the auto industry goes down, what happens to america's manufacturing base? jobs in america, what happens to the whole midwest? >> did you hear the narrater there? tom hanks. and the flashy film is directed by davis gugen heim and yes, it is 17 minneapolis long, which
governor romney was more direct. let detroit go bankrupt. it's kind of amazinging. gingrich and romney and santorum, they don't let the facts get in their way. >> that was the first time he mentioned them by name and as you can see, he did so with joy. vice president came out swinging in a trip to the all important swing state of ohio speaking to his party's face. the industry's bailout is clearly a point of pride for the administration. it is a talking point you will hear a lot on the...
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so he's going after romney where as romney is going after obama. >> if you're mitt romney, you just want to talk about economy, jobs, your track record, bring back the olympics that you saved for the nation. you want to keep hitting the stuff that you're good at, don't you? >> i want to make up the point that it's really easy, especially if you're considered the moderate republican in the primary. it's really easy to be super confident in a state like illinois. you don't get conservative until you go pretty far south in illinois and maybe closer to the metro east. it's really easy to be confident in a state like illinois. women voters, especially after south carolina with the fluff with his wife, they were going to santorum, but i'm noticing that some more and more conservatives and more and more women are starting to at least, with the past couple of contests, colessing a little bit about romney. i'm not certain if that's a huge trend just yet. but, yeah, it's definitely the fat lady is warming up. i know a lot of people have said it. i think we're down to a two-man race now. >> carol,
so he's going after romney where as romney is going after obama. >> if you're mitt romney, you just want to talk about economy, jobs, your track record, bring back the olympics that you saved for the nation. you want to keep hitting the stuff that you're good at, don't you? >> i want to make up the point that it's really easy, especially if you're considered the moderate republican in the primary. it's really easy to be super confident in a state like illinois. you don't get...
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. >> meet the real mitt romney. supported the bailout, raise the jobs killing taxes and fees by 700 million. his health care takeover, the blueprint for obama-care. >> you get flavor of what's going on, rich. a lot of people in illinois will be seeing these ads. what do you think? is it effectively a two-man race right now, santorum, romney, forget about newt gingrich or ron paul? >> it's a two-man race for romney. he only has to fight a one-front war. santorum has a two-front somebody on the panel tuesday night said as we go through the process, these negative ads i think have less and less effect, because everybody already knows these guys. it's not like at the beginning of i think -- >> do you think that's true. ? >> i love negative ads. i did not say it, probably somebody smarter than me. i agree with both romney and santorum. who knew they were so smart? rick -- >> you don't like either one? >> full disclosure, i advise the pro-obama super pac, which is not raising ads now, because they're doing all. finches no
. >> meet the real mitt romney. supported the bailout, raise the jobs killing taxes and fees by 700 million. his health care takeover, the blueprint for obama-care. >> you get flavor of what's going on, rich. a lot of people in illinois will be seeing these ads. what do you think? is it effectively a two-man race right now, santorum, romney, forget about newt gingrich or ron paul? >> it's a two-man race for romney. he only has to fight a one-front war. santorum has a two-front...
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not such a good night for mitt romney. you are a romney supporter. what does he need to do next tuesday for illinois? what does he need to do to make sure he wins in illinois? >> i think he will do well and i don't necessarily agree. he picked up a third of the delegates and has more combined than the rest of them combined. it wasn't a bad night. he doll well in illinois and follow the mark kirk model and run as a fiscal conservative and win big here, i think. >> the most recent poll had mitt romney at 35% and santorum at 31%. is that too close for comfort? >> this is a delegate hunt right now. senator santorum is not on the ballot for the congressional district. he is eligible for 44 of the 54 delegates to be voted on. we give out 69. 15 of those are super delegates. governor romney is in good shape and the war start and he has a ground game started. he has to campaign hard and he won't win everything, but we will walk out with a lot of delegates. >> what happened where santorum didn't get on the ballot. how difficult is it for a candidate to get on
not such a good night for mitt romney. you are a romney supporter. what does he need to do next tuesday for illinois? what does he need to do to make sure he wins in illinois? >> i think he will do well and i don't necessarily agree. he picked up a third of the delegates and has more combined than the rest of them combined. it wasn't a bad night. he doll well in illinois and follow the mark kirk model and run as a fiscal conservative and win big here, i think. >> the most recent...
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santorum is attacking romney's business sense and romney is blaming president obama for high gas prices. our political editor paul steinhauser joins us from washington. who has the edge, paul? >> reporter: another tuesday, another showdown. this one, i know we keep saying they are important but this one is. santorum on the attack spending whole weekend in illinois and basically saying that mitt romney doesn't have a core and also criticizing romney for kind of flip-flopping as santorum says on the issue. santorum says if he wins in illinois, he says big things are in store for him. take a listen. >> if we are able to come out with a huge or surprise win, i guarantee you, i guarantee you that we will win this nomination. we will nominate a conservative and if we nominate a conservative, we will beat barack obama! >> reporter: that's a guarantee, huh? okay. we will remember that one. take a look at this. here is where the delegate stands right now after puerto rico a factored in. romney had a landslide victory and grabbed all 20 delegates up for grabs there. more than a 2-1 advantage over
santorum is attacking romney's business sense and romney is blaming president obama for high gas prices. our political editor paul steinhauser joins us from washington. who has the edge, paul? >> reporter: another tuesday, another showdown. this one, i know we keep saying they are important but this one is. santorum on the attack spending whole weekend in illinois and basically saying that mitt romney doesn't have a core and also criticizing romney for kind of flip-flopping as santorum...
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close between mitt romney and newt gingrich as well. romney has a slight lead. ron wall was in last. pictures out of springfield, missouri. rick santorum is there at a rally. >>> the gop race for president seems never-ending these days. right? well, here's a quick look at the delegate count as it stands today. mitt romney is in the lead with 447 delegates. ron paul is in last with 67 delegates. only he isn't letting that stand in his way. >> well, it's everybody's race to win. i'm sure even though romney's not here he's hoping, always, for the best. i think we all do that. but i never think it's do or die for anything. everybody's still in the race. there's no declared winner. so i think we're all going to keep doing what we're doing, as maximizing our chances to get more delegates and feel good about that the gop presidential candidates are focusing on the south, and this wyche mitt romney whipped out of a southern acce accent. >> i'm learning to say "y'all" and -- i like grits, and things are strange the things that are happening to me. >> well, today newt gin
close between mitt romney and newt gingrich as well. romney has a slight lead. ron wall was in last. pictures out of springfield, missouri. rick santorum is there at a rally. >>> the gop race for president seems never-ending these days. right? well, here's a quick look at the delegate count as it stands today. mitt romney is in the lead with 447 delegates. ron paul is in last with 67 delegates. only he isn't letting that stand in his way. >> well, it's everybody's race to win....
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the governor, chris christie, is on romney's side. that would deny romney. most think that is implausible. that will be the debate as we head on to louisiana and beyond. as romney looks at this map and feels pretty good, this morning, he got some additional good news. >> my cell phone rang. i looked at it. it just said jeb. i picked up the phone and it was jeb bush. i didn't even have to ask. he said, mitt, i want to let you know, i'm endorsing you today. >> that is good news, the endorsement of the former florida governor. it has already been overshadowed by something one of romney's advisers said on cnn this morning. >> i think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. everything changes. it is almost like an etch a sketch, you can kind of shake it up and we start all over again. >> surprise, surprise, romney's rivals just couldn't resist the etch a sketch comment. >> governor romney, after he wins the primary will be like an etch-a-sketch, take whatever he said and shake it up and it will be drawn and he will draw a whole new picture for the general e
the governor, chris christie, is on romney's side. that would deny romney. most think that is implausible. that will be the debate as we head on to louisiana and beyond. as romney looks at this map and feels pretty good, this morning, he got some additional good news. >> my cell phone rang. i looked at it. it just said jeb. i picked up the phone and it was jeb bush. i didn't even have to ask. he said, mitt, i want to let you know, i'm endorsing you today. >> that is good news, the...
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not such a good night for mitt romney. you're a romney supporter. what does he need to do in these next days. next tuesday is the primary in illinois. what does he need to do to make sure he wins in illinois? >> i think he'll do very well in illinois. he didn't have a terrible night. he picked up a third of the delegates. he's got more delegates than the rest of them combined. it wasn't a bad night. he'll do well in illinois. he'll run as a fiscal conservative and do like mark did. he'll win big here. >> the most recent poll i saw there, this was before tonight, had mitt romney at 35%, santorum at 31%. is that too close for comfort right now? >> you got to remember. this is a delegate hunt right now. senator santorum's not on the ballot in four of the congressional districts. he's only eligible for 44 of the delegates on tuesday. we give out 69. 15 are considered super delegates. i think governor romney is in good shape. the air war's already started. he's got a ground game going. i think he'll have a good night. he's going to campaign hard. but he'
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mitt romney has it locked up. governor edwards of louisiana one time said i got this thing locked up. if i'm found in bed with a live boy or a dead girl. >> you don't lock it up until you get the required number of delegates. if you're santorum, you keep plugging away because romney can screw up. it can be a hard race. the jockey could fall off. the bottom line though is until somebody wins it, you stay in the race. you don't just hand it to someone because folks say you didn't go ahead and step out. i say you keep moving. >> let's bring in republican congressman aaron shock from illinois. he's lived in peoria, illinois, since fourth grade. nice to see you. how do you think it's going to go today. that's true, right? since you were nine years old? >> that's correct. you got good research there. >> i think we asked your staff actually. >> well, so listen, i think mitt romney is going to do extraordinarily well in illinois. they were both in peoria last night and the news coverage here has been phenomenal. rick sant
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romney wins in puerto ree ricoe. what does he have to do to convince people this is over or are we going to june? >> well he's got to get 1,144 votes, that's what he's got to do. there's four talented people in the race, all want to win. nobody's given up but mitt romney has twice as many delegates as any other candidate, won 18 states and territo territories, won all over the country, the only candidate with a message, that's got the money and an organization permanently in every state. he's getting more and more endorsement from key people, conhe serve tifrs, ingd pents, moderates. i think he'll be the nominee and i think it will be by june so of course there is a spirited contest right now. president obama and hillary clinton were in it until june 27th, 2008. i'd rather it be done but we have a ways to go and i think he will be the nominee sooner rather than later. >> governor romney tries to keep most of the focus on the economy. if you have a town hall voters can ask whatever is on their mind. listen a couple ha
romney wins in puerto ree ricoe. what does he have to do to convince people this is over or are we going to june? >> well he's got to get 1,144 votes, that's what he's got to do. there's four talented people in the race, all want to win. nobody's given up but mitt romney has twice as many delegates as any other candidate, won 18 states and territo territories, won all over the country, the only candidate with a message, that's got the money and an organization permanently in every state....
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romney's winning by five points. that's good news for the romney campaign. the other constituency i'm looking at tonight is evangelicals. which is going to be 41% of the vote. that's identical to what it was four years ago. and santorum is maintaining his advantage tonight, but he's doing so with a smaller margin. winning nine points. >> i'm curious, ralph. this is david gergen. about what the overlap is between evangelicals and tea party. are there many who are both? and which way do they lean? >> it's a great question, david. we've looked at that in some earlier polling. and about 2/3 of self-identified tea party members are social conservatives. that doesn't mean they're involved in the tea party movement for those reasons. they're involve primarily because of spending, deficits, government overreach, and obama care. but they are social conservatives. and among self-identified evangelic evangelical, about half identify themes as members or activists. there's a huge amount of overlap. >> and do they tend to be -- with the overlap, do they tend to be moved
romney's winning by five points. that's good news for the romney campaign. the other constituency i'm looking at tonight is evangelicals. which is going to be 41% of the vote. that's identical to what it was four years ago. and santorum is maintaining his advantage tonight, but he's doing so with a smaller margin. winning nine points. >> i'm curious, ralph. this is david gergen. about what the overlap is between evangelicals and tea party. are there many who are both? and which way do...
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romney has none. if you look at the exit polls yesterday, rick santorum actually i believe did better among women voters than mitt romney did. the truth of the matter is, for conservatives and the republican party to win, we need to unify tea party and conservatives. if we stick to our core principals we'll gain seats and beat barack obama. >> interesting stretch ahead, john braebender appreciate your help tonight. we'll keep in touch as we move from puerto rico and beyond. >>> we have a lot more politics ahead. the former homeland security head ridge explains why he's supporting romney and not his home state senator. >>> some say president obama is boxing himself in talking tough about iran and its nuclear program. [ male announcer ] this is the network -- a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions... [ beeping ] ...to b
romney has none. if you look at the exit polls yesterday, rick santorum actually i believe did better among women voters than mitt romney did. the truth of the matter is, for conservatives and the republican party to win, we need to unify tea party and conservatives. if we stick to our core principals we'll gain seats and beat barack obama. >> interesting stretch ahead, john braebender appreciate your help tonight. we'll keep in touch as we move from puerto rico and beyond. >>>...
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we just got mitt romney and romney's marching to the podium. let's see what he has to say. ♪ >> wow. thank you, illinois. thank you so much. you know, tomorrow is our anniversary. and we will have been married 43 years, so happy anniversary, sweet heart. a very big special for dan weatherford who was just out here. we appreciate him. he has been a great state chairman for our effort here. and he was as well four years ago. so we appreciate dan weatherford. senator mark kirk who you know is not doing well, we love him and think about him. mitch has spoke with him. we all spend our prayers to mark kirk. congressman aaron schock. he's in the audience. right back there. congress woman judy bigart. we knew he flew around with dan. so we're appreciative. oh. i forgot congressman don bold. >> bob dole. >> bob dole. >> close. >> let's see. house speaker tom cross. senate president. our entire state of illinois delegates. and you know what i have to do? i have to tonight because i didn't get a chance to do this properly. i have to thank our friends in
we just got mitt romney and romney's marching to the podium. let's see what he has to say. ♪ >> wow. thank you, illinois. thank you so much. you know, tomorrow is our anniversary. and we will have been married 43 years, so happy anniversary, sweet heart. a very big special for dan weatherford who was just out here. we appreciate him. he has been a great state chairman for our effort here. and he was as well four years ago. so we appreciate dan weatherford. senator mark kirk who you know...
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romney is leading. he is touting his own economic expertise calling obama and santorum economic lightweights but did make this admission that had to be well received in the white house. listen. >> i believe the county is coming back. we'll see what happens. ups and downs and finally i think it's coming back. >> santorum stumbles taking heat for a comment he made about the unemployment rate. listen. >> i don't care what the unpolite rate is going to be. it doesn't matter to me. my campaign doesn't hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates. there's something more foundational that's going on here. >> all right. so let's talk to our political panel, live from washington or from wheaton, illinois, cnn political editor paul steinhauser. in washington, penny lee and in austin, texas, republican strategist matt mackowiak. paul, i'll start with you. we'll let santorum clarify his comment. let's listen to this. >> i wish i care point unemployment rate. i want it to go down but saying my candidacy doesn't thin
romney is leading. he is touting his own economic expertise calling obama and santorum economic lightweights but did make this admission that had to be well received in the white house. listen. >> i believe the county is coming back. we'll see what happens. ups and downs and finally i think it's coming back. >> santorum stumbles taking heat for a comment he made about the unemployment rate. listen. >> i don't care what the unpolite rate is going to be. it doesn't matter to me....
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mitt romney has the best chance. >> but listen -- >> mitt romney has the best chance. rick santorum has a miniscule chance. it's not like toll happen. the only question is when will mitt romney get to 444. will it be during the primary or after? >> ford o'connell, it was good to see you. >>> the snow, the dogs, the lonely 1,000-mile trek all part of the annual iditarod dog sled race. here's the big question. you wait every year for it. who won the race? i got a hint. it's a family affair. we'll tell you after the break. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and resp
mitt romney has the best chance. >> but listen -- >> mitt romney has the best chance. rick santorum has a miniscule chance. it's not like toll happen. the only question is when will mitt romney get to 444. will it be during the primary or after? >> ford o'connell, it was good to see you. >>> the snow, the dogs, the lonely 1,000-mile trek all part of the annual iditarod dog sled race. here's the big question. you wait every year for it. who won the race? i got a hint....